If I were you, I would have my eyes checked.Here are some problems you may have had. Feel free to include
your own.
1. I'm always late.
2. My roommates are very noisy.
3. Coffee makes me nervous.
4. I speak my own language more than I speak English.
5. I need a much higher score on the TOEFL to get into the school
that I am interested in.
6. The car that I have now uses a lot of gas.
7. I've been gaining a lot of weight since I began to study here.
8. I never seem to have any money left at the end of the month.
Activity Many countries honor their great citizens with statues
or monuments after the persons have died. Japan, however, is
different. Japan has a special title, "National Living Treasure,"
which is given to a few select individuals during their lifetime.
Imagine that your country gave the title "National Living
Treasure." If you were to choose people from your country, whom
would you choose and why? (If you are from Japan, make your
own choices and, if possible, compare them with your
government's choices.) In pairs or in small groups, share your
ideas. Make sure to include some of the following in your choices:
1. women
2. politicians
3. teenagers
4. scientists
5. humanitarians
6. artists (musicians, actors or painters, etc.)
For example, if you were to choose a woman, who might it be?
Exercise 27:
Combine the following sentences by using if.
Places to Live and to Visit
Example:I wish I had visited New York. Then, I could have seen
the Statue of Liberty.
If I had visited New York, I could have seen the Statue
Of Liberty.
1. I wish I had gone to San Francisco. Then, I could have ridden
the cable cars all the time.
2. I wish I had chosen to study in Hawaii. Then, I could have gone
swimming every day.
3. I wish I had studied Greek. Then, I could have gone to school
in Athens.
4. I wish I had applied to schools in Montreal. Then, I could have
studied both French and English.
5. I wish I had saved more money. Then, I could have made a
trip throughout North America.
6. I wish I had planned my studies differently. Then, I could have
visited more places.
Exercise 28:
Answer the following questions in your own words.
1. If you had had the choice, where would you have been born?
2. If you had had the choice, would you have grown up in a city
or in the country?
3. If you had chosen a different language to study, what would
it have been?
4. If you had chosen a different city to study in, where might you
have gone?
5. If you had been able to begin your studies at any time, when
would you have begun?
6. If you had chosen a different career, what might you have
studied?
Exercise 29:
Answer the following questions in your own words.
1. What would life be like today if someone hadn't invented the
automobile? The airplane? The telephone?
2. What might your life be like today if you had been born the
opposite sex? Sixty years ago? In a different climate or country?
3. What couldn't you do today if you hadn't enrolled in this school?
Learned English?
Exercise 30:
Boston is a very "livable" city. In recent years, it has
made major improvements. These have made the city even more
pleasant.
Change the following sentences to include ifclauses.
Change very to sowhen necessary. Use either simple or perfect
modals in the main clause.
Example:Boston valued its past; as a result, it restored many old
buildings.
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